Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-29
THE RAILROADS.
Hamilton is Ready to aid Fort Worth
Road Literally and Glen Rose
will DO the Same.
The Coming Meeting of the Stockholders
Of the Southern Kansas Of Texas.
Home Notes.
Home Notes.


George Stevens of the Burlington route,
with headquarters al FL Paso, was in the
City last night.
More steel rails went west over the
Texas and Pacific yesterday TO be used in
replacing iron track.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe yards
yesterday contained number o. cars Ct
steel ties aad bridge timbers for the work
in the Indian Territory.
Col L. L. Keller, Superintendent of
the Rio Grarde division of the Texas and
Pacific, was in the city yesterday, and
was pleased to know Of the success with
the big well.
Another car load of Strawn coal was
brought to Fort Worth yesterday, being &
present to the veteran locomotive engi-
neer John BeTquist, for him TO thorough
ly test and pass judgment upon.
President Paddock of the Fort Worth
and RIO Grande says the last Car Of
steel of the first shipment arrived yester-
day, but two ship loads more are COW at
New Orleans awaiting transportation.
Glen Rose and Hamilton are both will
ing to look to Fort Worth for railroad
connection, and the strong probabilities
are that, like Jdcksboro and Graham, the
first road they get will be built from this
city.
Several lines have been run from Den
ton to Krum, where the Denton, Decatur
and Jacksboro road will intersect the
Gulf, Colorado ana Santa Fe. The per-
manent location of the road will soon be
made.
C. c. Barrett, with headquarters at Kan
sas City, Mo-, as passenger agent of the
Missouri Pacific, was in Fort Worth yes
terday, having come down with the Cal
ifornia excursionists. After seeing Fort
Worth yesterday ne left last night for
home.
Those in charge of the Texas and Pa
cihc arteslan-well work were engaged
Yesterday in making trimmer with which
to cut out the slate now stopping the flow
of water The work will probably con-
sumo all of to-day, and the casing will
probably not be put down until Monday.
General Travelling Agent Gabbet OF the
Atlanta and New Orleans Short Line has
established his headquarters IN Fort
Worth in the office of Wells, Fargo & Co.
Mr.. Gabbet is an experienced railroad
man and shows good Judgment in select
ing Fort Worth as the point from which 10
operate.
There are those in Fort Worth who
claim to know Just exactly where the
Fort Worth and New Orleans is to run it's
track and where the new terminus will be,
out those in the employ of the company
say the matter mas not been settled, that
a number of trial lines have been run but
no selection from the different routes
made.
There was but one expression in Fort
Worth yesterday in regard 10 a road to
Greenville or Sulphur Springs, and that
was that Fort Worth must have the road.
Fort Worth merchants are especially de-
sirous to become acquainted with the
business men of the rich section of coun-
try the road will penetrate, and our citi
zens are ready to buy the commodities
the farmers along the line have to sell.
Mineral Wells in Palo Pinto county
wants railroad, and from the steps re-
Gently taken will probably secure one be-
fore great while. A considerable por-
ton of the necessary grading for the nine
miles necessary to give the famous health |
resort connection with the outside world |
by rail is done, and the most enterprising |
and energetic citizens of city |
anu county nave taken lle |
matter in hand and will push the matter. |
Mineral Wells has well grounded hopes !
that before summer comes she will have |
a railroad.
Three days more and the date Axed for |
the meeting of the stockholders of the |
Southern Kansas of Texas will be here, |
and with it will come several of the |
best known railroad men in the country. |
The chief and important business to be
transacted is to decide upon the issue of |
first mortgage bonds to secure funds nee
essary to build, equip and operate the
line The route of
this road is from Fort Worth,
the main Office and headquarters,
to 8 point some place in Oldham county.
to junction with the Southern Kansas,
now being SO rapidly built from Kiowa to
The southwest. The gentlemen composing
The Texas corporation are men OF great
ability as railroad managers, and have
md command unlimited capital. When-
,yer these men have determined to build
railroad they put that determination
nto practice rapidly, and when a road is
tsrted they build without. csasing until
he objective point is,7feeched. Fort
Worth will be ready to give the gentle
men 8 hearty welcome.